Our Honorary Consul General for France, Baron André Triquet (pictured opposite) has an article that reported the French newspaper Le Dauphiné Libéré was published last Sunday, February 13, on our principles: The principle here défie l'Italie (The principle challenge of Italy).
I'll suggest below in its original version:
Seborga jadis était sous la protection de la Maison de Savoie.
The principle here défie l'Italie
The Monte Carlo view is breathtaking. But for the class, that's another story. And yet they Séborgiens Wants to be housed in the same boat as their wealthy neighbor. But here neither luxury nor banks or casinos, the glitter does not support altitude.
Perched on its rocky confetti, Seborga has only two or three stores to offer in a maze of narrow streets, a church in the thirteenth and 350 deaf people in the bustle of the Riviera. Seven times the size of Monaco anyway, in other words an empire ...
For fortune, Séborgiens grow flowers for perfume and a story pegged to a count of Ventimiglia that leaves the village to the Cistercian Abbey of Lerins in 954. The count is good, Seborga is immediately declared "sovereign Principality". The "secessionist" today are formal, the following story confirms the separate status of this town in the cloudless destiny.
It took the damn World War II sounded the death knell for the dissident. Placed until 1945 under the wing of the House of Savoy, the principality was confiscated by Italy as all assets of Savoy. Italy does not have gloves, "annexation" is final. The Seborgiens pay a high price their "neutrality" during the conflict ...
As good blood will tell, in 1963 the Seborgiens upset the Italian Republic and elected a new Prince. This is Giorgio Carbone, said Giorgio 1, a friendly face of Captain Haddock. Rome now, and many others had better behave.
At the village entrance, a gate marks the frontier. At the height of each house, the flag with white stripes and blue with reference to the founding Templars, fluttering in the breeze of freedom. While she is there, Seborga "The Independent" publishes its stamps and currency hits: The Luigino is modestly pegged to the U.S. dollar! Plate, passport and national anthem complement the raft a bit folk.
While the government's new ministers took the top Communist mayor, ambassadors and consuls to ensure international prestige of the principality. Each Aug. 20, for St. Bernard (still the Templars) is the national holiday marked by the chamber orchestra home. And if by chance the Constitution is discussed, the Council of Priors and the Crown agree litigants ...
André Triquet, ennobled by Giorgio 1 and consul general in France, aligns with pride greeting cards 2011. Nicolas Sarkozy has cracked a friendly message. A clear sign of recognition: "I think he looks what he is signing." Who would doubt it ...
After three trials with the Italian state, "all earned" by André Triquet, Seborga now defers to the European Court. That judges in Strasbourg challenge against international law!
Baron André Triquet firmly believes that justice is done, "think French is the official language here since forever." The Italian school does not care a fig, but who cares. Le consul, plus seborgien que les Seborgiens, guette la moindre faille dans la cuirasse italienne: “le bureau de poste local, celui de la Poste italienne, appose la flamme de la Principauté sur le courrier”. Si la République fait la courte échelle à la couronne...
Giorgio 1 er décédé, Marcello 1 er a repris le flambeau l’an dernier. Marcello Menegatto pour l’état-civil. Un “promoteur immobilier milliardaire et au bras long, toujours entre deux avions, un pied à Monaco, un autre à Lugano pour ses affaires”, chuchotent les Seborgiens.
Amateur de courses de bateaux off-shore, marié à une ravissante allemande, le prince de 32 ans the tone: "get the total independence." And do business. In the project, a golf 27 holes in the pine forest around a luxury hotel with helicopter runway. Select a Yacht Club, an Automobile Club of the same stamp and art galleries will make the new Seborga chic meeting of the Coast, faith prince ... In the land of Berlusconi, the foil is second nature.
the square of the Patriots, the guards dressed and paid by Marcello 1, pose for tourists. And palate, a temporary building pending the restoration cost of future building, the secretaries of the prince give a face to the administration princely.
And if historical truth was the Trojan horse of a tax haven? "The Constitution stipulates that corporate taxes should not exceed 10% here," concedes André Triquet. "With the Luigino fixed on the dollar, the diplomat did not hesitate, Seborga is an entry for the Americans in the euro area". "Italy is concerned above all to have to pay compensation if the principality is within its rights," he slice. It is true that Berlusconi did not need that right now ...
a minimum, Seborga would be rewarded with good free zone or "territory associated with Italy." Balm on self-esteem undermined. And a significant boost to business. After all, at the foot of the principality, Ventimiglia spreads out its counterfeit junk under the nose of the carabinieri ...
(Fonte: http://www.ledauphine.com/isere-sud/2011/02/12/la-principaute-qui-defie-l-italie - The Dauphine Libere - George Bourquard 13 / 02/2011)
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